How to turn your fandom interests into a business
This month, a friend and I started a company called Fanspeak Interactive LLC. This is technically my second business, after Orsini Bowers Media. But while OBM is really just a…
Otaku Links: An embarrassment of riches
There is SO MUCH amazing anime this season that Lost in Anime’s Guardian Enzo reviewed 20+ first episodes! So did Josei Next Door, but she impressively managed to shave her watch-list…
How to get back to normal after a trip to Japan
First, drop off the face of the Earth. Let stuff lapse—your blog, your business, your relationships. Get so flaky with your friends that one of them calls you, worried, because you…
Otaku Links: A few good writers
How much money do you cost the anime industry when you illegally stream? Jenbae’s model is a guesstimate by her own account, but it still went viral. It shows that there’s absolutely…
How to prepare for your first visit to Japan
Twenty years in advance: Be a Girl Scout. When it comes time to choose a country for your troop to study for Thinking Day, choose Japan. Taste sushi for the…
Otaku Links: Crowdfund All The Shows!
Funimation is bringing everyone’s favorite ’90s shoujo mecha series, The Vision of Escaflowne, to Blu-Ray with a Kickstarter campaign. In just 3 days, it’s already funded! What do you think about established…
Get ready to disappoint people you love as you pursue your dreams
My friend invited me to go doujinshi shopping in Akihabara when I’m there next month. What an amazing opportunity—to buy lovingly drawn yaoi in its country of origin. Only, I…
Otaku Links: Hidden gems
Why + how to update old blog posts. A great reminder for all of us with blogs. For some reason my most popular post this month is something I wrote…
How to balance a lot of major projects (AKA how to do everything you want)
I have a lot on my plate right now, as I’m fond of blogging this 2016. “So busy!” about half of my Otaku Links posts seem to have begun. I’m…
Otaku Links: Miracle La!
Fushigi Yuugi is now streaming on Crunchyroll in its entirety. This is one of the first anime I ever heard about, though in the Before Times I couldn’t get my…